Home schooling her two children, her fascination with physics and telling a lie about reading the complete works of Plato were among the subjects spoken about by Charlotte Church as part of a podcast programme.

The Cardiff-born singer turned campaigner told how she home schools her two children with help from partner Jonathan Powell and said she loves reading with her two children by former partner Gavin Henson, aged eight and seven.

But she added she leaves the singing lessons to musician Jonathan, who she’s been with five years.

Revealing that learning songs by John Lennon and Bob Dylan is part of their home schooling, the former child singing star, who turns 30 next month, said: “As part of home schooling Johnny teaches the songs.

“So far they have learned Jealous Guy by John Lennon and a Bob Dylan song.

“We read to them every night. I try and sing to them as well but they don’t like it at all.

“Johnny does all of the reading because he’s far better at doing voices.”

Charlotte Church sings a song about climate change at the end of the London Climate March last November

It's a 'community thing'

The family, who live in a five bedroom home in Dinas Powys, near Cardiff , share home schooling with other children.

“It’s not just me who does it,” Charlotte told comedian Robin Ince for his online programme Book Shambles.

“There’s a lady called Leanne who helps us, and my partner Johnny, and we’ve got a teacher, an actual teacher, called Dawn, because we wanted to try and get some other kids involved, some of the other home schoolers, just to take some of the pressure off the parents a little bit and try to make it more social and a little but more of a community thing.”